Improvement in apparatus for delivering goods



- @eine JAMES D. S-INQLAI'R,` OF BROOKLYN, '.NEW YQRK.

Leners Pafntlvoyvaeaa, dated beamte? 31,1867..

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TO ALL WHOM ITfMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. SINcLAIn, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Apparatus for Delivering Goods and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal sectionv of my improvediapparatus. Y

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal section of one of my'improved traps.

Figure 3 is a plan or top view, partly in section, of the same.

Similar letters 'of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new device for discharging filour'the upper stories to 'theground floor, or to any one ofthe intermediate floors, as may be desired;` and con vsiste more particularly in the construction and arrangement of the traps,w,hich `are tions of the inclined ways upon which thearticles to be delivered slide down.

The traps are boxes, open on top and on the front, and are hinged to the frame of the structuresat the end of eachinclined way. The goods, sliding down on the way, fall upon the trap, and strike again'stthe cushioned back of the same. A spring, arranged under 'the bottom of the trap,`between the 'same and some stationary The pivot by means device, receives th'e stock, and then gently lifts thetrap again into its original position. of which the trap is secured to the-fraaie, is arrangcdat such a distance from :the cushioned back of the trap that the great'er'part of the article to be delivered is in front of thepiv'ot, 'so that, after the shockis overcome,

the article will depress the open front part -of' the trap, and will be dischargedtherefrom upon the nest inclined way`,:at the foot of which a similar trap isor may be the pivot, so that they can be set to adapt the traps to articles of different size,

portion of the same in front of the pivot.

goods, but had better be-for most. Y Y Y For delivering some kinds of goods, the traps can be'removed, s o that' the articles will only move en 'the -witha view to bring the greater inclined ways. The latter pass through hatchways 'in 'theiloors,l which can be-'closed, so that the-goods maybe A delivered on any desired floor.

The main object of this invention is 'to arrest the goods at the`end of each inclined way, so that theirvelocity may not .be increased-to such an extent as'to injure them. Y

A represents the inclined waysof the discharge-apparatus.. They-maybe arranged within a'building or on the outside of the same, and are'arranged in zigzag lines, as shown, passing through hatchwaysin the floors or platforms B of the building. 'These hatchways can be closed by means oi'doors C C, so thatthe goods may be delivered on any desired one ofthe floors or platforms. At each angle'formed by thc zigzag ways is arranged a dumpinglirap, D, which is a born-made of wood or other suitable material, open on top, and nthat end which is overthatsection ot` the way at 'the upper end of whch the trap is arranged. Each `trap is provided with'a horizontal bar, or with horizontal pivots, a a, at its bottom or sides, said pivots being nearer to the closed end than to the open end of the trap. The pivots rest-in suitablebearings fixed in the ways, said bearings being not covered, or so arranged that the traps can be .easilt taken oli' when it is'desircd to lowerbales or articles y .which will not suffer from the shock resulting from their moving at a great velocity. In the closed ends of the traps are arranged cushioned or elastic backs 6 b, 'whichcam by means of screws'c c, or other suitable devices, be adjusted towards the pivots, so that the goods, when they arrive upon the bottom of the trap, may lie with their larger part upon that portion of the trap which is inl front of the pivots. Under the'haek 'of' each trap is arranged a sliding bam-cl, which rests upon a'spring, e, fixed to the' oor, or to some stationary article, vreaching, during its downward passage, a trap, which will strike against the elastic back of the same, and will cause.

the bar dto depress the spring e, so that the trapisnot injured by the shock.

The greater weight ofthe article being in front of the pivlotsa, it will depress the yfront part ot. thetrap, .as shown in the lowerst'rap'in g. 1, and will be thus discharged upon the next section of the way. Having'thusdcscribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by- Letters- Patent, is'- 1. The traps D D, when pivoted at the angles ofthezigzag way A, substantially as herein shown and described,for the purpose of arresting goods-to be -lowered to prevent their descending with too great velocity. 2. `Providing the 'traps D with adjustable backs?) b, substantially as described, and fr th-c purposc of adjusting the device for goods of greater or less bulk, as seti'orth. Y

3. The traps-D D, when arranged as described, in combination with the 'springLboards d c, all made andoperating substantially as and for the -purpose herein shown ahd described.

' i JAMES D. SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MeNnMARA, ALEX. F. Renners.

goods from warehous'es,' or for loweringthesame 'I arranged 'at' the intersecarranged. '-The cushioned backs are adjustable towards The backs of thetraps neednot be cushioned for-some kinds ot` 

